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15. Huge Animal Traps in the Desert Discovered Crossing Several Nations

Location: Jordan, Egypt, Israel Date of discovery: early 1900s Estimated value: not known Archaeologists were long perplexed by lines found in Near Eastern deserts, and they couldn't figure out why they would have been there. These walls of stone were too low to have been effective against people.

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Huge Animal Traps in the Desert That Cross Several Countries @TheOnionGoddess/Twitter It turns out that these kite-like wires, found by R.A.F. pilots in the early 1900s, served as enormous animal traps. Chains stretching forty kilometres were created by connecting some of these lines. These 2,400-year-old kites were employed as animal traps to concentrate gazelles and other large animals in one location so they could be collected for sustenance. These animals were effectively trapped by the kites, giving the prehistoric peoples attempting to survive in the hostile desert a handy supply of food.